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flummery vs hokum
hokum vs flummery
flummery
and
hokum
both are
nouns
.
Word
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
flummery
Yes
No
No
No
hokum
Yes
No
No
No
As nouns,
hokum
is a hypernym of
flummery
; that is,
hokum
is a word with a broader meaning than
flummery
:
flummery
: meaningless ceremonies and flattery
hokum
: a message that seems to convey no meaning
Other hypernyms of flummery include
bunk
,
meaninglessness
,
nonsense
,
nonsensicality
.
flummery (noun)
hokum (noun)
meaningless ceremonies and flattery
a message that seems to convey no meaning
a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
Words related to "
flummery
"
bunk
hokum
meaninglessness
mummery
nonsense
nonsensicality
pudding
Words related to "
hokum
"
absurdity
absurdness
amphigory
balderdash
baloney
bilgewater
boloney
bosh
bunk
buzzword
cant
cobblers
content
crock
drool
empty talk
empty words
fa la
fal la
fiddle-faddle
flummery
gibber
gibberish
hooey
hot air
humbug
incoherence
incoherency
jabberwocky
meaninglessness
message
mummery
nonsense
nonsense verse
nonsensicality
palaver
piffle
poppycock
rhetoric
ridiculousness
rigamarole
rigmarole
schmegegge
shmegegge
stuff
stuff and nonsense
subject matter
substance
taradiddle
tarradiddle
tommyrot
tosh
twaddle
unintelligibility
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